INACON GmbH

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Cutting Edge Technologies 2006 / 2007

Course Duration:
2 Days

Course Description:

 This course addresses the needs of Account Managers, Consultants, Technical Sales staff,
Product- and Project Managers and Technicians who need to get familiar with advanced
developments in the field of wireline and wireless communication technologies.
 The course is an annual update with the focus on business, service and technical perspective
of selected new technologies on the radar screen of development or close to implementation.
 The current version covers technological evolutions in 3GSM networks with the EDGE family
and highspeed data channels for upload and download, HSDPA and HSUPA.
 A further section will provide basic understanding and roadmap for wireless technologies for
local and metropolitan areas, WiFi, WiMAX and Flash OFDM.
 With the previous topics in mind, we will present the future network convergence with the
concept and ideas of “Next Generation Networks” (NGN), based on the IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS). This section will include hardware, software and protocol topics like soft
switches (Media Gateways), SIP, SDP, H.248, ENUM or SIGTRAN.
 The course concludes with a view on a selected mobile application, DVB-H, which could
enable a whole set of new broadcast services, enhancing and using the “All IP network”
concept .

Pre-Requisites:
 The student should possess basic technical and business understanding of today’s wireline
and / or wireless communication technologies.
 A basic understanding of Mobile Communication technologies, such as GSM and / or UMTS is
desireable.

Course Target:
 The student is enabled to understand the business aspects, services and technical aspects of
the new technological developments and how they fit to the communication roadmap.
 In addition the student will understand the driving forces behind the migration towards an all
IP-network and become aware of future technological and business opportunities.
 The student will be enabled to effectively communicate to content and service providers,
customers, decision makers etc. when it comes to the design, application and / or introduction
of new technology features and services.

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Table of Contents:

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Overview

• Our Playground / The User Terminal, The Access Network, The Core Network, The
Applications & Services Domain

• Evolution of the Applications & Services Domain / Fast Internet Access, Instant
Messaging, Triple-Play / Quadruple Play, PoC (Push to talk over Cellular), Wideband Speech
Codecs, MBMS (Mobile Broadcast/Multicast Services), DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast –
Handheld)

• Evolution of the Core Network Domain / IMS (IP-Multimedia Subsystem), All IP-based
Transport Network, Use of IPv6?

• Access Network Improvements / EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), HSDPA
/ HSUPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access / High Speed Uplink Packet Access), OFDM /
OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing / Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiple Access), SAIC / DARP (Single Antenna Interference Cancellation / Downlink
Advanced Receiver Performance), MIMO (Multiple Input / Multiple Output), AAS (Adaptive
Antenna Systems)

• New Access Network Technologies / WLAN / WiFi (Wireless LAN), WIMAX (Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access), UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access)

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Evolution of the Applications & Services Domain

• Triple Play and Quadruple Play / Initial Situation, Triple Play, Quadruple Play, Conclusions

• Overview of Broadcasting Technologies / Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Standards, DVB-

S, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-H, DVB-MHP, DVB System Overview, DVB-Comparison, DVB-
Comparison

• DVB-T/H Architecture Overview / Service Provider, Broadcast Network Operator, User

Station, Mobile Operator, Cooperation Platform

• What are the specific DVB-H PHY Layer Features?

• What are the specific DVB-H Link Layer Features? / DVB-T/H Transmission, Source
Multiplexer, DVB-T Modulator, DVB-H Time Slicing, DVB-H Handover, MPEG-2 Multi Program
Transport Streams, MPEG-2 TS Frame Format, MPEG-2 TS Frame Coding at DVB-T
Transmitter, MPEG-2 Transport Frame, Reed Solomon FEC, Interleaving, TPS Frame

• IP Datacast (IPDC) over DVB-H

• DVB-H Business Scenarios – Cooperation and mixed Models / Mobile Operator with
broadcaster cooperation, Broadcaster led approach, Independent DVB-H Service Provider

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• DVB Business Scenario – Mobile Operator led

• DVB-H Competition, Benefits and Open Issues

• Outlook, Ongoing Activities

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Evolution of the Core Network Domain

• The IP-Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) / What is the IMS?, Involved Standards Organizations,
High Level View at the IMS and its Environment, Mobility Issues, Relationship to other
Networks, User Terminals

• Example: The 3GPP-Version of the IMS / Introduction, Architectural Overview (Network

Perspective), And what is inside the IMS?, Detailed View on the IMS, SIP-Servers, Special
SIP-Servers, Protocols of the IMS, The Perspective of the Mobile Station

• The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) / Scope of SIP, Philosophy of SIP-Operation

• Simple Example of a SIP-Scenario: VoIP Call Setup with SIP / Overview, Summary: Some
SIP-Terminology, Request: INVITE-Message, Response: 100 (Trying), Response: 180
(Ringing), Response: 200 (OK), Request: ACK, Request: BYE, Response: 200 (OK), The
Related Session Description Protocol (SDP) Contents, Structure of SDP-Parameters within a
SIP-Message

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Access Network Improvements

• EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Gsm Evolution) / EGPRS, ECSD, Compact EDGE, UWC-
136, Improvements of EGPRS vs. GPRS, 8-PSK Modulation, 3(/8 Offset 8-PSK

• Consequences of Using 8-PSK Modulation / Higher Throughput Rate over the Air,
Interference Vulnerability, Incremental Redundancy, Data Throughput Rates and Code Rates
with EGPRS

• HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) / Targets

• HSDPA Characteristics / Modulation Types, Higher Throughput Rates, AMC (Adaptive

Modulation and Coding), Hybrid ARQ, Transmission and Retransmission Scheduling in
NodeB, QPSK versus 16-QAM Modulation, Hybrid ARQ Techniques

• New Channels with HSDPA / Physical Channels, Transport Channel, HS-DSCH

Channelization Code Tree, Multicode Operation in HSDPA

• HSDPA Basic Operation / MAC-hs, New Channels, UE Scheduling

• HSDPA Packet Switched Protocol Stack / HSDPA Control Plane, HSDPA User Plane with
MAC-c/sh

• HSDPA and DPCH Operation – HSDPA Setup / HSDPA Setup via DPCH, HSDPA
Transmission and Retransmission, Physical Channel Combinations supported with HSDPA on
the same FDD Frequency

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• HSDPA Timing Relations / Timing between HS-SCCH and HS-PDSCH

• HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) / Important Changes with HSUPA, New
Channels with HSUPA, Achievable Data Rates in HSUPA – UE Categories

• OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) / What is OFDM?, History and Use of
OFDM, Summary: OFDM…, What is the Meaning of “Orthogonality”?, Mathematically …,
When are two Sine Waves Orthogonal?, Which Frequencies are Orthogonal?, The Impact of
Orthogonality in the Frequency Domain, Step 1: View into the Frequency Domain for
unmodulated Sine Waves, Conclusions…

• Implementing OFDM / Characterizing Parameters of OFDM-Systems, Parameters of some

Example Technical Implementations, DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), DVB-T (Digital Video
Broadcasting – Terrestrial), IEEE 802.11a/g

• FDD and TDD in OFDM / Option 1: View of an FDD-implementation, Option 2: View of a

TDD-Implementation

• Subchannelization / System without Subchannelization, Introduction to Subchannelization,

Static or Variable Number of Subchannels, Implementation

• And what is OFDMA? / Summary: OFDMA …

• MIMO and SAIC / The Basics: Signal Fading Physics between Tx and Rx, Multiplexing
Dimensions, Equalization – Distinction of Tx1 and Tx2, Characteristics of SAIC, Application in
MIMO-Systems

• Conclusions & Future Outlook

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New Access Network Technologies

• WLAN Overview

• WLAN Architecture / How does a Station join a WLAN?, WLAN Channel Access Principles

• WIMAX / Overview of the Protocol Stack, Main Features of the MAC-Layer

• Network Operation and Registration in IEEE 802.16 / Frequency Scan and PHY-
Synchronization, Listen to Broadcast Messages, Initial Ranging, Negotiate Basic Capabilities,
SS-Authentication, Authorization and Key Exchange, Registration, Obtain IP-Address, Obtain
“Time of Day”, Receive additional SS-configuration data, Establish pre-provisioned
connections

• WIMAX / Support for Mobility Features, Handover, Sleep Mode, Idle Mode

• WIMAX / Main Features of the Physical Layer

• UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) / Ideas and Targets, UMAN Architecture, UMAN
Operation, UMAN-Registration

• UMAN Protocol Stacks / Circuit-Switched Domain / Control Plane, Circuit-Switched Domain /

User Plane, Packet-Switched Domain / Control Plane, Packet-Switched Domain / Control
Plane, Packet-Switched Domain / User Plane, Mobile Station Operation Modes

• Future Outlook & Conclusions

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